Temanggung Police Seize 21 Kilograms Of Phetasan Powder

The Deputy Chief of the Temanggung Police, Kompol Minarto, showed a photo of the firecracker powder that was confiscated. ANTARA/Heru Suyitno

TemanGGung - Temanggung Resort Police (Polres) confiscated 21 kilograms of firecracker powder from two dealers, namely SYP (20) a resident of Kranggan, Temanggung and AM (36) a resident of Growong Village, Tempuran, Magelang Regency.

Temanggung Deputy Police Chief Kompol Minarto said they were arrested while buying and selling firecracker powder in the Tembarak area, Temanggung Regency.

Dai conveyed that based on the confession of the suspect, the firecracker powder was obtained from an online purchase and then sold again.

"The firecracker booth was purchased at a price of Rp. 100,000 per kilogram, then he sold it again for Rp. 220,000 per kilogram," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, March 27.

A total of 11 kilograms were confiscated by firecracker powder in Tembarak, then the rest was at the suspect AM's house.

The two suspects were charged with Article 1 paragraph 1 of the Emergency Law number 12 of 1951 with a threat of 12 years in prison.